3.0.0 896 2022-11-01T18:32:40Z 2022-11-05T19:30:17Z Senate S 2019-03-27 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-27T17:35:50Z 2019-03-27 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-03-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-03-27 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-03-27 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-03-27 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-03-27 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-03-27 True Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Department of Justice Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Office of Government Ethics Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-03-27 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-02T15:51:08Z Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act

This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).

Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to

  • issue subpoenas during investigations; and
  • order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion).

Additionally, the OGE shall be the central repository of all laws, rules, and regulations relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues, recusals, waivers, and exemptions of such laws, rules, and regulations. The OGE shall make available to the public all financial disclosure reports and records relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues that are determined to be public information.

The OGE must provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials, who must register with, and report to, the OGE and their appointing authority.

]]> Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act Display Title Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for reform in the operations of the Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s896is/xml/BILLS-116s896is.xml 2019-03-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.